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Nathaniel Adams
Nathaniel Adams (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Ohio House of Representatives to represent District 72. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Adams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nathaniel Adams earned a bachelor's degree from Hiram College in 2017 and a graduate degree from Kent State University in 2020.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Ohio House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Ohio House of Representatives District 72
Heidi Workman defeated Nathaniel Adams in the general election for Ohio House of Representatives District 72 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heidi Workman (R)  | 58.7 | 33,607 |
 | Nathaniel Adams (D) | 41.3 | 23,657 | |
| Total votes: 57,264 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 72
Nathaniel Adams advanced from the Democratic primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 72 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathaniel Adams | 100.0 | 5,544 |
| Total votes: 5,544 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 72
Heidi Workman defeated incumbent Gail Pavliga in the Republican primary for Ohio House of Representatives District 72 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Heidi Workman | 61.4 | 7,687 |
 | Gail Pavliga | 38.6 | 4,832 | |
| Total votes: 12,519 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Adams in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nathaniel Adams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Adams' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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college professors, a Theodore Roosevelt High School alumnus, a proud Hiram Terrier and Kent State Golden Flash, and a data researcher and political activist for Ohio. I am ecstatic to be a candidate to
represent the communities of the part of Ohio I call home.- I want to bring a new voice to Columbus, one that actually speaks for Portage County and is not bought out by big money and corporate interests.
- As a political activist, I pushed key issues in Ohio. These include funding K-12 and higher education, stopping gun violence, combating climate change, protecting voting rights and guaranteeing a woman's right to make her own personal medical decisions. The Ohio legislature has attempted blatant and infamous attacks on our rights and our education and for years now has refused to listen to us when we speak. I intend to change that.
- I am sick and tired of hearing this legislature say they speak for the people, when they truly speak for big money and corporate interests. They let big money organizations like the NRA and corporations like the fossil fuel industry dictate their decisions, legislation, and interests as long as those companies line their campaign pockets with money—or in some cases, even their personal pockets! It not only allows corporations to run without supervision in our state but has allowed serious corruption to take hold, including here in Portage County. I am passionate about not only stopping unethical corporate buyout of our legislature, but ending the local corruption that is hurting us right here in our own community.
2. Truth
3. Integrity
County rejected the August special election with 58% of the vote and guaranteed women's healthcare
so the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks hit me hard. Many of my classmates lost relatives in that catastrophe, and
my own father worked in Manhattan at the time. Even though my family was unhurt, I got a life lesson
then about violence and the trauma I saw around me. I still remember looking up and seeing the smoke
months before I left to go to College.
agree on everything. I may not agree with much of Governor Mike DeWine politics, but I will be more
than happy to sit down and work with him in the future to help Ohioans. One thing that must always be
considered is the opinion of the voters. With this legislature, they have been more focused on big
money and corporate interests instead of what supports and benefits the people of the State and
Portage County. Last year, Ohio enshrined women's healthcare rights into the state constitution, the
governor and several state legislators have accepted this even though they disagree. Despite this, other
His work to fund our education system and current effort to repeal the awful corrupt bill HB 6 is something I hope to continue in the Statehouse after he moves to the State Senate.
right now.
of the most impactful that I was told to me recently was from a local volunteer who talked about how
mad cow? An animal that's in a Baaaaaaaaaaad Mooooooooooooooood.”
increase the likelihood that our government represents the people's voice. If a government official is
engaging in illegal or corrupt activities, it does not matter what party they are in, they must be held
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 27, 2024
